In the Student Government Association (SGA)’s weekly meeting, representatives discussed upcoming legislation regarding University staff hiring policies and student mental health.
Three scholars participated in a roundtable discussion on the upcoming German elections on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Funded by the German Embassy, the conversation focused on the political climate in Germany, the rise of right-wing parties and Germany’s role in the European Union.
The Maryland Department of Transportation began construction on the Purple Line on August 28 after over two decades of planning. The Purple Line is a 16-mile light rail with 21 stops between Montgomery County and Prince George’s County of Maryland.
Contrary Capital, a university-focused venture capital fund, officially launched on Monday at 55 colleges across the country, including Hopkins. Contrary works with 100 students to find start-ups and projects within their university communities in which they can invest.
Student groups under the direction of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions have centralized their structure under Blue Key Society (Blue Key), a group which previously focused solely on campus tours. These changes led to the creation of new leadership opportunities and a committee addressing diversity and inclusion.
Moses Davis became the new associate dean for diversity and inclusion this July. Davis is responsible for overseeing LGBTQ Life, Campus Ministries, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Women & Gender Resources. He is also responsible for developing initiatives, programming and committees to foster inclusion of underrepresented students.
College students from around the country came to Homewood campus last weekend to participate in the HopHacks Fall 2017 hackathon. Working in teams, they had 36 hours from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Sunday to design and code a technological product.
Although students were previously unable to select Russian as a primary major, they had the option to add it as a second major or minor through the Goucher College-Johns Hopkins University Cooperative Program in Russian Language and Literature. Founded in 1970, the program gave Hopkins and Goucher students the opportunity to take classes at both campuses.
The Public Interest Investment Advisory Committee (PIIAC) recommended that the University divest from fossil fuels in a report released on Friday. Following PIIAC’s recommendation, the Office of the Provost established a 30-day period for the Hopkins community to submit feedback online.
The University’s Office of Student Leadership and Involvement (SLI) announced that they will not accept new performing arts and local community service groups this year.
Last year, the University created the Center for Student Success (CSS) in order to assist students by providing mentorship, coaching and community building resources.
The Public Interest Investment Advisory Committee (PIIAC) recommended that the University divest its endowment from fossil fuels in a report released on Friday.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that none of the six Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officers originally charged in connection with Freddie Gray’s 2015 death will face federal criminal charges.
This year the University increased tuition by 3.5 percent for undergraduates enrolled full-time at Homewood, and financial aid for those students rose by nine percent. Undergraduate tuition this year will amount to just over $52,000, an increase of over $3,000 from three years ago.
A federal judge is allowing a $1 billion lawsuit against Hopkins to move forward after it was dismissed in 2016 for the University’s alleged involvement in a 1940s experiment that infected hundreds of Guatemalans with sexually transmitted diseases.
Special Collections, a University archive of rare documents, introduced the Freshman Fellows program last year as part of an effort to more closely engage undergraduate students with Special Collections research. The year-long fellowship drew 24 freshman applicants, of which four Fellows were selected.
At their second meeting of the semester on Tuesday, the Student Government Association (SGA) discussed several initiatives they will hold in partnership with the University administration. These included the annual SGA-Administration Dinner, a new Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) Curriculum and a new SGA-led initiative on improving civic discourse on campus.
The JHU Forums on Race in America hosted April Ryan, former White House reporter for American Urban Radio Networks, on Tuesday night. She spoke on a multitude of issues ranging from her perspective on racial inequality to fake news.
The Johns Hopkins University Press, the oldest university press in the U.S., will be celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2018.
Oscar Vasquez, a former undocumented immigrant, and Fredi Lajvardi, a high school robotics coach, spoke about politics and immigration in the Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center on Thursday, Sept. 7.
